April 27, 1950
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
Item 1. Avoidance of Disclosure of Information on Tariff Concessions
I left with the President the memorandum on Avoidance of Disclosure of Information on Tariff Concessions, which he approved.
D.A.
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April 27, 1950
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
Item 2, Visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan
I left with the President the briefing book on the visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The President commended the Department highly on the prior book on the President of Chile and said that he would read this one with interest.
D.A.
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April 27, 1950
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
Item 4. Space for the Department
I left with the President the memorandum and the draft letter from him to Mr. Larson, after discussing it with him. He approved and said he would do everything he could to help us.
D.A.
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April 27, 1950
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
Item 5. New Chief of Protocol
The President said that he would be willing to take my recommendation so far as he was concerned, but that he thought it was most important that the wife of the Chief of Protocol would have a happy relationship with Mrs. Truman. He asked me about Mrs. Simmons, about whom I could tell him very little, except that I understand she is a charming lady.
The President asked me whether Mrs. Simmons is likely to be or could be in Washington and could have my wife bring her around to see Mrs. Truman.
I think we will have to discuss the phase of the matter a little further. I did not press the President for a decision today.
D.A.
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April 27, 1950
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
Item 6. The London Conference
At the end of our meeting I discussed with the President without reading it the draft paper prepared by Mr. Tufts called "US Objectives and Courses of Action at the May Meeting". I concentrated chiefly on the six major lines of action discussed on page 2. I told the President that I was not asking for final approval from him, but I wanted to keep him in touch with our work so that he could caution us against any courses inadvisable to him or suggest any we had overlooked.
The President seemed well pleased with what I had to tell him. He said that he would think about it and discuss it with me later, at which time he might have some suggestions.
D.A.
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April 27, 1950
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
Item 3. Famine Relief for China
I went over the memorandum contained in the book with the President, saying that I wanted to get guidance from him before having the matter go forward in the Department. He understands that no action is to be taken unless and until Congressional committees approve the use of 303 funds for this purpose and until matters are worked out with Agriculture and private organizations.
The President expressed himself as in favor of the proposal and told us to go ahead developing.
D.A.
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